Weather Records on 24 December 2015

2,438 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 2015. Highest significance: Rhinelander, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 2015

On 24 December 2015, 2,438 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,934 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 131 monthly and 2,305 daily.
Rhinelander set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 24 December 2015.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 24 December 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jensen	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Northdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrowitch (Benditi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.0 mm (7.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,438 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 967, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 967, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 399, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 24 December 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	967
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	967
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	399
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 24 December 2015 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 131, daily 2,305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,117 broken records

Margins by which the 2,117 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 2015

Top 20 records on 24 December 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 2015	Rhinelander, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2015	Bangalore, IN	monthly rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2015	Brundidge, US	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2015	Ft Benning Lawson Fld, US	monthly rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2015	Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	129 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Phelps, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Eagle Rvr, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Merrill, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Conrad, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Washta, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	89 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Melville 4 W, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Cullowhee, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Cedartown, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	110 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Jensen, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Northdale, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2015	Yinchuan, CN	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 2015	Sterlegova, RU	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 2015	Chippewa Falls, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	125 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 2015	Tonghe, CN	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2015. 2015 had 2,438 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1806	2
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1852	1
1857	1
1864	2
1870	4
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1889	2
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1898	9
1899	1
1900	2
1901	9
1902	3
1903	5
1904	9
1905	7
1906	26
1907	12
1908	2
1909	68
1910	38
1911	13
1912	33
1913	29
1914	59
1915	51
1916	24
1917	25
1918	95
1919	200
1920	43
1921	142
1922	82
1923	118
1924	369
1925	100
1926	126
1927	81
1928	167
1929	237
1930	95
1931	1,045
1932	849
1933	478
1934	178
1935	225
1936	420
1937	202
1938	157
1939	178
1940	575
1941	589
1942	519
1943	637
1944	300
1945	546
1946	245
1947	370
1948	756
1949	220
1950	633
1951	525
1952	277
1953	512
1954	231
1955	1,334
1956	295
1957	469
1958	205
1959	339
1960	638
1961	415
1962	741
1963	1,191
1964	1,725
1965	766
1966	662
1967	663
1968	946
1969	865
1970	741
1971	543
1972	282
1973	641
1974	793
1975	695
1976	581
1977	952
1978	532
1979	1,100
1980	856
1981	770
1982	1,699
1983	5,032
1984	568
1985	685
1986	736
1987	1,329
1988	712
1989	2,589
1990	2,228
1991	663
1992	464
1993	577
1994	959
1995	1,285
1996	1,287
1997	1,152
1998	916
1999	1,134
2000	707
2001	744
2002	1,056
2003	779
2004	1,099
2005	1,158
2006	925
2007	533
2008	727
2009	1,663
2010	1,316
2011	504
2012	818
2013	866
2014	910
2015	2,438
2016	593
2017	510
2018	208
2019	565
2020	395
2021	1,012
2022	1,334
2023	1,347
2024	467
2025	2,206

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	2,072
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1